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Zhu Jiang also forgot to salute the prince, plus he had a good relationship with the prince when he was in Guangdong, and no one reminded him to salute every time they met. But now it's different, the prince already knows that Zhu Jiang is going to come out to compete with him, and the two brothers no longer have the slightest affection, either you die or I die. The prince's subordinates regarded Zhu Jiang as the number one enemy, after all, Zhu Jiang was also born in the Ma family, and he was much more threatening than the king of Chu, so the prince's subordinate officer was troubled when he saw that Zhu Jiang did not behave as polite.

When Zhu Jiang heard the man's question, he realized that his identity and that of the prince were no longer the same. Zhu Jiang raised his eyes and looked at the prince, and found that the prince's eyes were looking at the sky, as if he hadn't heard the subordinate official speak at all.

Zhu Jiang thought that he had a good relationship with the crown prince in the past, and now he was like this for the sake of a throne, and he was angry in his heart, but there was no way, if he didn't salute now, he would immediately be charged with a big disrespect, and even his father and emperor would not be able to protect himself.

Zhu Jiang couldn't help but kneel down and said, "My brother has seen the prince, is it okay for the prince to say goodbye?" ”

At this time, Zhu Hai was like he had just found his younger brother kneeling in front of him, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhu Jiang with both hands: "Second brother, get up, you and my brother are close relatives, why are you talking about this?" Get up! ”

Zhu Haihai stepped forward and took Zhu Jiang's hand to help him up, and asked with concern: "Second brother, you and my brother haven't seen each other for almost a year, look at it, you have grown so tall, and you are about to catch up with my brother and me!" ”

Zhu Hai and Zhu Jiang's mothers are all from the Ma family, and the old lady of the Ma family, Feng, is very tall, so Ma Jiyuan, Ma Mingyuan, and Ma Xiaofang, brothers and sisters, are also tall, so Zhu Hai and Zhu Jiang are also very tall, Zhu Hai is almost 1.75 meters, and he is completely a big man in this era. Zhu Jiang is not much worse, but Zhu Jiang is very disgusted with Zhu Hai's lack of kissing, and now he has ideas in his heart, and the feeling of brotherly harmony in the past is no longer there.

Zhu Jiang withdrew his hand and said, "Brother Chen, thank you for your concern!" The crown prince came for his father? ”

After Zhu Jiang reminded Zhu Hai of this, he remembered it, patted his forehead and said, "That's right! Look at it, when I saw my younger brother, I forgot the serious things that my father explained! ”

After Zhu Hai finished speaking, he took the holy decree from the eunuch Shuangxi behind him, and said loudly: "Zhu Jiang, the king of Qin, kneels down to receive the decree!" ”

Zhu Jiang had no choice but to kneel down again and greet the holy decree with some army officers and soldiers behind him.

The holy decree is very simple, according to the rewards of meritorious ministers reported by Zhao Guodong, most of them have been promoted by one level, and their military ranks have also been upgraded by one level, and other ordinary soldiers will be rewarded with silver dollars and land, and Zhu Jiang, who led the team to sacrifice prisoners, was naturally promoted to three levels in a row, from a battalion commander to a regiment commander.

In Zhu Hongsan's military system, the battalion commander can only be regarded as a middle-level officer, but the regiment commander is different and has become a senior officer. A regiment of 3,000 people can play a decisive role on the battlefield. Zhu Jiang has just turned 17 this year, and he has become a high-ranking officer, which is probably the only one in Zhu Hongsan's group. Of course, it's not that he has outstanding abilities, but that he has a good father who can rise through the ranks while on the front lines.

Zhu Hai also spent time in the army, knew the meaning of the regiment commander, and was very jealous of this second brother. But as the crown prince, he is already the prince of the country, and it is too embarrassing to be jealous of his younger brother, so Zhu Jiang pretended to be happy to congratulate Zhu Jiang after reading the holy decree.

"Second brother, my brother is really congratulating you, you can lead the army independently when you become the head of the regiment, my brother really admires it!"

Zhu Jiang smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Prince, I also know how to come here, my younger brother, the head of the regiment, is not rewarded by my father, in fact, my younger brother is really not this material!" ”

"Haha, the second brother is modest, let's go back to the palace quickly, my father is waiting in the palace, my father and you and my brother have to have a good chat!"

Zhu Jiang heard Zhu Hai say this, his eyes rolled and said: "The third brother is in Beijing, our brothers haven't seen each other for a while, why don't we find a talk to our father together?" ”

Zhu Hai listened to Zhu Jiang's pot that he didn't open and mention, and secretly scolded Zhu Jiang in his heart for not knowing how to lift.

"Second brother, you don't know, the third brother is now dedicated to learning every day, so I can chat with you and me, let's go, don't be in a hurry!"

After Zhu Hai finished speaking, he pulled Zhu Jiang to his imperial chariot, Zhu Hai talked with his younger brother affectionately in the car, and he didn't know that he thought the two were really brothers.

Now that the New Year has just been completed in Nanjing, and there is still some atmosphere of the New Year, Zhu Jiang saw that the city was peaceful, and couldn't help but think of the bloody battle in Yangzhou City, and sighed in his heart that what the book said was really right, it was really Zhumen's wine and meat stinky road with frozen bones.

Zhu Hai saw that his younger brother was contemplative and didn't speak, and asked, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Why upset? ”

Zhu Jiang sighed and said: "Brother Prince, my brother saw that there was peace in the capital, and the hawkers were coming and selling, I couldn't help but think of Yangzhou City, which was slaughtered by the Manchus, it was really miserable!" ”

Zhu Hai also sank down when he heard Zhu Jiang say this, Zhu Hai is not a flower that grew up in a greenhouse, Zhu Hongsan's education is very good, Zhu Hai went deep into the folk when he was a child, and he knows some folk sufferings very well.

Zhu Hai also nodded and said: "I don't know when this troubled world will be a head, fortunately, there is a talented father and emperor who can ensure the peace of one party!" The two brothers sighed about their lives in the car, Zhu Hai said that he was happy and emotional, and took Zhu Jiang's hand and asked: "Second brother, my brother asks you a word, are you willing to help your brother sweep the Quartet in the future?" ”

Zhu Jiang didn't expect Zhu Hai to ask this, and he also knew that this was his brother's emotional outpouring that he wanted to repair the relationship. Zhu Jiang thought that he was naughty when he was a child, and every time his brother helped him escape from his father's punishment, Zhu Jiang wanted to promise Zhu Hai that he would guard the frontier for his brother in the future.

But at this time, Zhu Jiang thought of his mother, Jiang Pengju and other army generals who followed him, and the strategists under his grandfather, and promised Zhu Hai that it was simple, but what about them? Even if Zhu Hai doesn't deal with them, what about Zhu Hai's subordinates?

Thinking of this, Zhu Jiang's heart slowly cooled, he slowly withdrew his hands, clasped his fists and said: "Prince, as an army officer, my younger brother is naturally sent by the prince!" ”

Zhu Hai's true feelings were revealed just now, and he said a rare sincere word and wanted to repair the relationship, but now seeing that Zhu Jiang is not on the road, Zhu Hai sighed in his heart: It seems that you and my brother can only be opposed!

Zhu Hai didn't want to talk to Zhu Jiang more after the failure to win over, and there was no sound in the car for a while. Fortunately, the pier is not far from the palace, and the emperor of heaven used by Zhu Hai took the royal road and entered the palace very quickly.

Now it has just finished the New Year, and it is not yet time to go to work, so the emperor Zhu Hongsan is very leisurely, listening to the song of the prince and the king of Qin in the palace, and quickly let the two sons in.

Zhu Hongsan is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today and is in the prime of life. But he was a man in two lifetimes, and his combined age was almost seventy years old, and he was completely an old man. What do seniors love to see? Of course, their own children and grandchildren.

Zhu Hongsan saw the two tall sons walking in hand in hand, happily stood up from the throne, walked in front of Zhu Jiang and looked up and down.

Zhu Jiang saw his father and hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Father, the son is back!" ”

Zhu Hongsan helped Zhu Jiang up and said with a smile: "Okay! Good! I haven't lost a lot of weight in a year, but I've grown taller, you see, I'm about to be as tall as Lao Tzu! After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he beat Zhu Jiang's chest with his hand, and said with a smile: "Yes, a lot stronger, it seems that you like life in the army!" Come! Tell me how you've spent your year? ”

At Zhu Hongsan's signal, the little eunuch brought two embroidered piers, Zhu Hai and Zhu Jiang sat down, and Zhu Jiang told everything he had seen and heard in the army this year. Of course, because Zhu Hai was there, Zhu Jiang did not say that he was helped by Zhang Bao when he was in Zhoushan.

Zhu Jiang saw that his father was happy, and told some interesting stories about his participation in the army, such as fighting with his soldiers, stealing chickens and dogs together, etc., which made Zhu Hongsan laugh.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Second brother, I have made you amuse!" Okay, it's noon now, let's eat first, and talk while eating! After speaking, he instructed the little eunuch to prepare lunch.

Zhu Jiang hurriedly stood up and said, "Father, the third brother can be in Beijing?" Let's reunite father and son, why don't we call the third brother too! ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded again and again when he heard this, although he didn't like the fat pig-like Zhu Huai very much, but after all, it was his own son.

"Okay, come on, go and pass the King of Chu over and accompany me to eat!"

Zhu Hai didn't expect Zhu Jiang to mention this matter, but he couldn't help it, Zhu Hongsan had already said that he could only agree.

The little fat man Zhu Huai was eating at home, and when he heard the news from the palace, his father let him enter the palace to eat with him, and he jumped up happily, this opportunity is really rare. Zhu Huai crawled to the palace with a roll, only to find that he was not alone, and the annoying prince Zhu Hai and Qin King Zhu Jiang were also there.

Although Zhu Huai hated these two people, what kind of person was he, he didn't smile and smirk, he didn't get close to him, he stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Jiang's hand and cried: "Second brother, you're back, I miss my brother!" ”

Zhu Hai saw Zhu Huai's fat face full of oil, and he was very disgusted in his heart, and said coldly: "Third brother, today is the day of the second brother's promotion, what are you crying about?" ”

Zhu Huai knew that Zhu Jiang was going to join the army, but he didn't expect to be promoted so soon, so he hurriedly asked, "What position is the second brother in now?" ”

Zhu Jiang said with a smile: "Thanks to my father's concern, my brother is now the head of the regiment!" ”

Zhu Huai has never been a soldier and doesn't know the importance of the regiment commander, but he just can't see that others are better than him, and his heart is full of jealousy, but he still smiled on the surface: "Congratulations to the second brother, I have the opportunity to come to my brother's house, and my brother will pick up the wind for the second brother!" ”

Seeing that the three adult sons were here, Zhu Hongsan was also very happy, and scolded: "Okay, it's all here, Lao Tzu is going to starve to death, hurry up and start eating!" ”

After receiving the emperor's order, the little eunuch began to put the emperor's lunch on the table, and lunch officially began.